Meat and Milk from Cloned Animals in America's Food Supply?

Early this year, the Food and Drug Administration announced that meat and dairy products from cloned animals were safe to eat. The Department of Agriculture immediately called for a "voluntary moratorium," asking farmers to keep cloned animals off the market indefinitely, to buy time to build acceptance among US and foreign consumers. Americans are already eating meat, not from cloned animals themselves but from their progeny. This discussion was recorded in January, but our guests tell us nothing has changed. If nobody can tell the difference, what's the problem? Is it cruel to animals? Should it be labeled?

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